# San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2023

The 28th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards were announced on December 19, 2023. The nominations were announced on December 14, 2023, with Barbie and Oppenheimer ("Barbenheimer") leading the nominations with twelve each, followed by Killers of the Flower Moon and Poor Things with eight each.
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. and Barbie won the most awards with five wins each, with the former winning Best Picture.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed at the top of each list in bold, while the runner-ups and nominees for each category are listed under them.
| Best Picture | Best Director |
| Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Runner-Up: Oppenheimer American Fiction The Holdovers Killers of the Flower Moon | Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon Runner-Up: Greta Gerwig – Barbie Kelly Fremon Craig – Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Cord Jefferson – American Fiction Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction as Thelonious "Monk" Ellison Runner-Up: Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers as Paul Hunham Colman Domingo – Rustin as Bayard Rustin Zac Efron – The Iron Claw as Kerry Von Erich Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer as J. Robert Oppenheimer | Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon as Mollie Burkhart Runner-Up: Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall as Sandra Voyter Abby Ryder Fortson – Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. as Margaret Simon Margot Robbie – Barbie as Barbie Emma Stone – Poor Things as Bella Baxter |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer as Lewis Strauss Runner-Up: Ryan Gosling – Barbie as Ken Sterling K. Brown – American Fiction as Clifford "Cliff" Ellison Charles Melton – May December as Joe Yoo Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things as Duncan Wedderburn | Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. as Barbara Simon Runner-Up: Da'Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers as Mary Lamb Jodie Foster – Nyad as Bonnie Stoll Sandra Hüller – The Zone of Interest as Hedwig Höss Julianne Moore – May December as Gracie Atherton-Yoo |
| Best Adapted Screenplay | Best Original Screenplay |
| Kelly Fremon Craig and Judy Blume – Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Runner-Up: Cord Jefferson and Percival Everett – American Fiction Jonathan Glazer – The Zone of Interest Christopher Nolan, Kai Bird, and Martin J. Sherwin – Oppenheimer Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon | Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach – Barbie Runner-Up: David Hemingson – The Holdovers Samy Burch – May December Celine Song – Past Lives Justine Triet and Arthur Harari – Anatomy of a Fall |
| Best Ensemble | Best Comedic Performance |
| The Holdovers Runner-Up: Barbie Runner-Up: A Haunting in Venice Air Oppenheimer | Michael Cera – Barbie as Allan Runner-Up: Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things as Duncan Wedderburn Abby Ryder Fortson – Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. as Margaret Simon Ryan Gosling – Barbie as Ken Nathan Lane – Dicks: The Musical as Harris |
| Best Animated Film | Best Documentary |
| The Boy and the Heron Runner-Up: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget Nimona Robot Dreams | Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie Runner-Up: 20 Days in Mariupol Runner-Up: Little Richard: I Am Everything American Symphony Kokomo City |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Best First Feature (Director) |
| Anatomy of a Fall Runner-Up: Godzilla Minus One Runner-Up: The Zone of Interest Fallen Leaves Monster | Cord Jefferson – American Fiction Runner-Up: Celine Song – Past Lives Chloe Domont – Fair Play Danny Philippou and Michael Philippou – Talk to Me A. V. Rockwell – A Thousand and One |
| Best Cinematography | Best Editing |
| Rodrigo Prieto – Killers of the Flower Moon Runner-Up: Hoyte van Hoytema – Oppenheimer Rodrigo Prieto – Barbie Robbie Ryan – Poor Things Dariusz Wolski – Napoleon | Laurent Sénéchal – Anatomy of a Fall Runner-Up: Jennifer Lame – Oppenheimer Nick Houy – Barbie Yorgos Mavropsaridis – Poor Things Thelma Schoonmaker – Killers of the Flower Moon |
| Best Costume Design | Best Production Design |
| Jacqueline Durran, Charlotte Finlay, and Hope Slepak – Barbie Runner-Up: Vincent Dumas, Zsuzsa Stenger, and Holly Waddington – Poor Things David Crossman and Janty Yates – Napoleon Ellen Mirojnick – Oppenheimer Jacqueline West – Killers of the Flower Moon | Sarah Greenwood – Barbie Runner-Up: Ruth De Jong – Oppenheimer Jack Fisk – Killers of the Flower Moon Arthur Max – Napoleon James Price and Shona Heath – Poor Things |
| Best Stunt Choreography | Best Use of Music |
| John Wick: Chapter 4 Runner-Up: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One The Killer Napoleon Polite Society | Barbie Runner-Up: Air Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. The Holdovers The Teacher |
| Best Sound Design | Best Visual Effects |
| The Zone of Interest Runner-Up: Oppenheimer Godzilla Minus One Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One The Teacher | Godzilla Minus One Runner-Up: Poor Things John Wick: Chapter 4 Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Oppenheimer |
| Best Youth Performance (For a performer under the age of 18) ||
| Abby Ryder Fortson – Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. as Margaret Simon Runner-Up: Milo Machado-Graner – Anatomy of a Fall as Daniel Maleski Joe Bird – Talk to Me as Riley Christian Convery – Cocaine Bear as Henry Jude Hill – A Haunting in Venice as Leopold Ferrier ||
| Breakthrough Actor ||
| Abby Ryder Fortson – Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. as Margaret Simon ||
| Special Award for Body of Work ||
| Nicolas Cage (Dream Scenario, The Flash, The Old Way, Renfield, The Retirement Plan, and Sympathy for the Devil) ||